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Girdles, Power, and Violence: Feminism is for EVERYBODY by bell hooks
Dear Reader: I started this book as part of the Year of Feminist Classics Challenge. I’d read and likeed bell years ago in a women’s studies class. 155) Feminism is for Everybody by bell hooks Although she is a university faculty member, bell purposely writes in clear, forthright, accessible language. Part of her “project” is …
Lutherans, Reindeer Steaks, and March Snow Showers Bring….: The Blood Spilt by Åsa Larsson
Dear Reader: It is March 30th and looks like this: I’m supposed to be in Mexico City where it is sunny and 77 F and my research team colleagues are enjoying themselves: Source: Great Lakes EPA Office (Used with Permission) But Ruby, my 14 year old retriever/collie mix, had a stroke Tuesday night so I …
Leopold’s Apples, Cross Country Skis and Krumkake: The Leopard by Jo Nesbø
Dear Reader: Colder today – more seasonal, although early May can be like this: frosty nights and sunny days. We had a long nearly two hour hike with friends Shelle and Jo and their dogs Darcie and Mundy. Zoe’s doing so well – she had a great time playing hard with everybody and when I …
Do They Feel Lucky? Sex, Chips, and Barrels: Stewart O’Nan’s The Odds
Dear Reader: It’s so nice to have dog friends – other good friends who love dogs, not dogs I love, but those are excellent too. Last night Christy treated me to a lovely dinner and lots of dog talk. This morning Mark and I took Louie, Sophie, Gus, and Zoe out for 1.5 hours of …
Cursuses, Diamonds, Oland, and Addisons: Four in One Mystery Monday (Magdalen Nabb, Johan Theorin, Elly Griffiths, Lauren Grodstein)
Dear Reader: Ahhh spring! 19 degrees Farenheit. 16 more inches of snow! Black ice… The flowers are so lovely this time of year (in my imagination) up here on the fabled shores of Lake Superior… OK, the upside – two days of glorious cross country skiing with Gus. It makes me laugh to see him …
Empire State Cakes and Chatterboxes: Booking Through Thursday
Dear Reader: I’ve been looking for a chance to post about the books I inherited from my grandparents. And then Booking Through Thursday posted this question: “Have you ever read a random book left in a waiting room or on a park bench, etc., and did you like it?” as this week’s meme. And I …
It’s Monday, What are YOU Reading?
Dear Reader: Book Journey is sponsoring It’s Monday, What are You Reading? where we talk about what we just finished reading, what we are currently reading, and what we plan to read next. So, I just finished reading #175) High Wages by Dorothy Whipple and #176) A Mother’s Recompense by Edith Wharton (in honor of …
